Duration
10' - 20'
Publisher
Instrumentation Notes
orchestra
Program Notes
[The revised Peters Edition score of 2007 replaces all previous editions.]
More Information
Each module is a separate work that must be performed simultaneously with any other module.
2.1.2.1 – 1.2.1.0 – 3Perc. – Hrp. – Pn. – Str. (each divisi a 2)
“Module 3” must be performed simultaneously with one or more other “Modules.” No combination of any two of “Module 1”, “Module 2”, or “Module 3” exceeds the instrumentation of a normal large orchestra; the total number of strings required in a performance of any two of the “Modules” is 16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 violoncelli, and 8 double basses. (Each “Module”: 8.7.6.5.4). There must be a conductor for each “Module” being performed.
Commissioned by the Festival de Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Selected Performances
May 16, 2002 • Jena, Germany
Ensemble: Jenaer PhilharmonieConductor: Steffen Schleiermacher
August 27, 2001 • Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ensemble: Janacek PhilharmonicConductor: Petr Kotik
May 22, 2000 • Alice Tully Hall, New York City, USA
Ensemble: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Conductor: Petr Kotik
May 21, 1999 • Prague, Czech Republic
Ensemble: S.E.M. EnsembleConductor: Zsolt NagyCzech Premier
October 4, 1998 • Kunsthalle, Dresden, Germany
Ensemble: Elbland-Philharmonie Sachsen
October 24, 1994 • Wien Modern, Austria
Ensemble: ORF-SymphonieorchesterConductor: Hans Zender
May 29, 1981 • Saarbruecken, Germany
Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester SaarbrueckenConductor: Hans Zender, Earle Brown